Bottle and jar closure.



PATENT-ED AUG. 11, 1908.

11. BRADLEY. BOTTLE AND JAR CLOSURE. APPLIQAT'ION FILED MAY 22, 1907.

1 8 mm wtoz UNITED STATES HENRYBRADLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Borer-Ln AND JAR CLOSURE.

Speq fication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

, ii afit flna na 22, 1907. Serial No. 875,180.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, HENRY BRADLEY, a citizen of'the United States, aresident o' the borough of Brooklyn, county of King's,tcity and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Bottleand Jar Closures, of which the following is 'a specification. I

The purpose of thisinvention is to provide, and the-same relates to,pulp board and paper cap closures for bottles and jars having a smallshoulder or cap seat upon which the closure'is mounted within the neckof the receptacle, and having means within itself for removing the capintact and evenly from the neck of the receptacle together with all dirtand other foreign matter which may have accumulated thereon withoutbreaking through the cap and without'outside attachments. g t

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows:Figure lrepresents'my ini roved cap seated in the neck of a milk bott eand shows a flexible tongue or flap cut in the lZ ody of the cap, withinits circumference, am here raised by the finger to a position convenientfor seizure by thumb and finger, as a means for removing'the cap fromthe neck of the bottle. The under side of the opening caused by theraising of the tongue from its reclinhi position within the body of thecap is here shown as closed by an under layer or facing formin a part ofthe finished closure.- Fig.2 is a p an view of the improved closureshowing a tongue or flap cut in the body of the cap by an elli ticalgroove or slit and also a small narrow slbt or groove at the freeend ofthe tongue for access thereto. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on lines 3 3of Fig. 2 and shows an additional layer or facing underneath the tonguethrough which the slit forming the tongue does not pass. Fig. 4 is asectional View on lines 4 4 of Fig. 2 and shows a cross section of theslot, which forms the means for access to the end of the tongue. Fig. 5is a sectional view on lines 4 4 of Fig. 2, with the tongue raised andshown in the grasp of the thumb and finger in position for removal fromthe neck of the receptacle. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on lines 6 6 ofFig. 5 and shows the full face of the under side of the tongue which ishere raised from the body of the ca In the drawings like numera s referto the .55 same parts in each of the different views.

In the ractice of manufacture, the cap 1 is preferably made ofpulp-board stock, with a lower layer or under facing 2,- of thinpulpboard or paper material, secured to the up er portion in the courseof manufacture, by g ue or otherwise. The upper portion of the cap 1 asshown, is cut, withinits circumference, with an elliptical slot 3 whichit will'b'e observed, does not pass through the lower layer 2, and whichslot forms a tongue or flap 5. At the free end of the tongue is also cuta small narrow groove 6, for access thereto by thumb nail or otherwise,and said tongue is connected by hinge 7 to the main body ofthe cap}, andis sup cited in its reclining position within the bo y of the cap bysaid under layer 2, which, it will be noted, is not glued, or secured tosaid tongue except through the connection made through the main body ofthe cap by the hinge 7, and said tongue is therefore easily raised butcan not be depressed without forcing its way through the under layer.

When the cap 1 is in use in the neck of a \bottle or jar and it isdesired to remove the same the free end of the tongue 5 is lifted bythumb nail or otherwise from its reclining position within the body ofthe cap and seized upon as a thumb piece or hand e and the cap raisedthereby bodily from the neck of the receptacle, the shape and locationof said tongue being such as to cause the cap to be held naturally in aneven and horizontal position in the act of removal, and therebyretaining the dirt accumulations upon its surface.

In cutting the slot or groove 3, thin sharp blades are used leaving theedges of the thaterial abutting each other in close proximity, none ofthe material of the cap being removed in the operation except at thegroove 6 which is cut away only sufiiciently for the insertion of athumb or finger nail or other thin instrument. These closures being;thoroughly bathed in-and coated with par'afiin in the course ofmanufacture are thereby made absolutely water-proof on both surfaces, atthe edges and in the grooves thereof.

It will be seen, therefore, that I have provided a cap closure forbottles and jars with a simple and improved means Within the cap itselfor removing the same from the neck of the receptacle, and which combinessim licity and cheapnes s of manufacture wit I a new and absolutelysanitary and hygienic means of preventing dirt accumulations on the topof the cap from being projected into the receptacle in the act ofopening the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A. pul -board bottle and jar closure, constructe in the form of adisk shaped cap, having a flexible tongue out in the body of the capwithin its circumference and extending through a portion only of thethickness of the closure, and said tongue being adapted to be raisedfromthe body of the cap as a thumb-piece or handle for lifting and removingsaid closure from the mouth of the re ceptacle, and said cap being alsoprovided with a small slot' at the free end of said tongue suitable foraccess thereto.

2. In a pulp-board bottle and jar closure, constructed in the form of adisk shaped cap, the combination of a flexible tongue cut in the body ofthe cap within its circumference, and an under layer forming a closureto the under side of the space occupied by said tongue, and adapted tosupport said tongue and to prevent dirt and other foreign. matter fromfalling or being projected through said s ace into the inside of thereceptacle inv the lifting of said tongue, and said cap also beirigprovided with a small slot at the end of said tongue suitable for accessthereto.

3. In a pulp-board bottle and jarclosure, constructed in the form of adisk shaped cap,

the combination of a flexible tongue cut in the upper side of the bodyof the cap within its circumference, and an under layer covering thearea of the under side of, and supporting, said vton ue, but not secureddirect thereto, and sai cap being provided with a narrow slot at thefree end of said tongue.

4. A pulp-board bottle and jar closure, constructed in the form of adisk shapedcap, with a flexible tongue out in the body of the cap, andsaid cap being alsoprovided with a narrow slot at the free end of saidtongue adapted to form means for access thereto, and which tongue isadapted to be raised from the body of the cap as a thumb piece forremoving said cap from the neck of the receptacle. 1

5. A disk'shaped bottle and jar closure constructed of two separatelayers of fibrous material, secured one to the other, and having aflexible tongue cut'in the upper of said layers within itscircumference, and which tongue is adapted to be raised as a thumbpiecefor removing said closure from the neck of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of I/Vitnesses BERTHA P; BRADLEY, LINA Posr.

